“Cordell Hull was born in 1871 in Pickett County Tennessee one of five boys. His father was a farmer. He attended a one room school and later schools in Kentucky and Southern Ohio, eventually earning a law degree and returning …

“William C. Westmoreland was born in Spartanburg South Carolina in 1914. His father was a successful textile manufacturer. He attended West Point and graduated in 1936. He served in WWII first as an artillery commander then as a staff officer. …

“Stand Watie, or Oowatie, was born in northwestern Georgia in 1806. He was a son of aristocratic Cherokee land owners, and a brother to Elias Boudinot, born Buck Watie. Stand Watie was an educated man and played a major part …